South Korea, Botswana sign agreement to promote military cooperation

Defence Minister Han Min-koo and his Botswana counterpart Shaw Kgathi discussed ways to promote meetings of high-ranking military officials and defense industry deals, the Ministry of National Defence said in a statement.

“Han explained the current security situation on the Korean Peninsula, citing North Korea’s nuclear and missile development programmes, to the Botswana minister. And he asked Botswana to join international efforts to pressure Pyongyang to give up its nuclear programme,” the statement said.